The San Francisco Office of the Chief Medical Examiner said Wednesday that James Owsley, 58, was deceased on Sept. 3. A spokesperson said the cause of death is still pending.

Owsley was taken from his home on the night of Wednesday Aug. 28 to Alta Bates Hospital by the Berkeley Fire Department. He was later transferred to the burn unit at St. Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco.

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